A small UAS is being developed for use at some of the oldest radioactive silos at the Sellafield nuclear reprocessing site because scientists are not sure what is inside them, according to the UK’s Guardian newspaper. Continue reading
Northrop Grumman X-47B – New Photos
Not many people have seen the X-47B up close: its Northrop Grumman manufacturers and its remote Navy test pilots, mostly. Until Tuesday, when the Navy Programme Executive Office in charge of developing what will be known as the UCLASS — for Unmanned Carrier Launched Airborne Surveillance and Strike System — let reporters see the X-47B in the metallic flesh. Continue reading
Elbit Systems of America Unveils Skylark I-LE Block II – New Engine and Upgraded Payload
Elbit Systems of America, LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of Elbit Systems Ltd., will showcase the Skylark I-LE Block II’s capabilities at next week’s trade show in Las Vegas, Nevada, August 6-9, 2012. Continue reading
Singular Aircraft Unveils Low Cost Unmanned Amphibious Twin-Engined Aircraft
Singular Aircraft has announced that it is developing a low cost unmanned, amphibious, twin-engined aircraft able to land and take off from short unpaved airstrips & water. Continue reading
UAS Test Flight Over Peru Ruins Could Revolutionize Archaeological Mapping
The SUAVe — for Semi-autonomous Unmanned Aerial Vehicle — system developed by Vanderbilt and Aurora Flight Services should dramatically reduce the time it takes to map archaeological sites. Continue reading
Gill Sensors Announces Next-Generation Miniature Position Sensors
Gill Sensors, a developer of specialist non-contact inductive position sensors, has announced the availability of its next-generation micro position sensor technology for robotics and unmanned systems applications. Continue reading
Advanced Defense Technologies and AeroSpy Joint Venture on Sense-and-Avoid Technology
Advanced Defense Technologies, Inc. has announced that the Company has entered into a joint venture agreement with AeroSpy, an Austria-based leading technology supplier in the field of navigation, motion tracking, and mobile robotics, to develop and commercialize the first fully certified Sense & Avoid System that would allow the integration of mission-specific UAS into civilian airspace. Continue reading
US Navy Releases Details of Recent MQ-8B Fire Scout Crashes
The US Navy has detailed causes of two crashes of the Northrop Grumman MQ-8B Fire Scout that led to an ‘operational pause’ in flights of the aircraft. Continue reading